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Events in the year 1927 in India.
Incumbents
- Emperor of India – George V
- Viceroy of India – The Lord Irwin
Events
- 18 January – Council House in New Delhi is opened.[1]
- 28 September – Fatal communal riots in Dehra Dun, U.P.[2]
- 12 November – Mahatma Gandhi made his first and last visit to Ceylon.
- The Simon commission is formed to consider further steps toward self-rule of India. No Indian member is included.
Births
- 24 January – J. Om Prakash, film producer. (died 2019)
- 30 January – Bendapudi Venkata Satyanarayana, dermatologist (died 2005)
- 3 February - Vasant Sarwate, cartoonist and writer (died 2016)
- 28 February – Krishan Kant, politician, Vice President of India (died 2002)
- 3 June – M. Narasimham, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (died 2021)
- 1 July – Chandra Shekhar, politician, 8th Prime Minister of India (died 2007)
- 3 July – Balivada Kantha Rao, novelist and playwright (died 2000)
- 12 July – Muhammad Iqbal, Pakistani hammer thrower
- 20 July – Rajendra Kumar, actor and producer (died 1999).
- 26 August – Bansi Lal, Haryana's four time chief minister, and defence minister of India during Indian Emergency (1975–77) (died 2006)
- 8 November – Lal Krishna Advani, politician and former Deputy Prime Minister of India
- 25 December – Ram Narayan, sarangi player
Full date unknown
- Adoor Bhasi, actor, writer, journalist, singer and film producer (died 1990)
- K. T. Muhammed, playwright (died 2008)
Deaths
- 19 December – Ashfaqulla Khan, freedom fighter
- 19 December – Ram Prasad Bismil, freedom fighter
References
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